A qualitative analysis of diagnostic testing, antibiotic selection, and quality improvement interventions for uncomplicated urinary tract infections.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) can often be diagnosed based solely on symptoms and should be treated with a short course of narrow spectrum antibiotics. However, clinicians often order urine analyses and prescribe long courses of broad spectrum antibiotics.

Objective

The objectives of our study are: 1) Understand how primary care providers and residents clinically approach UTIs and 2) to understand specific opportunities, based on provider type, to target future antibiotic stewardship interventions.

Design and participants

We conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews of community primary care providers (n = 15) and internal medicine residents (n = 15) in St. Louis, Missouri from 2018-2019. A 5-point Likert scale was used to evaluate pa

SUBMITTER: Pinkerton M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7467288 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature